Security Incident Analyst Contract Job Trends

Security Incident Analyst
UK

The median Security Incident Analyst daily rate in the UK is £483, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 676 - 560
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Incident Analyst 7 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.013% - 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% - 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £458 - -
25th Percentile £469 - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 - £750
75th Percentile £486 - £775
90th Percentile £493 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 - £750

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,606 29,766 35,027
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 91.04% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,920 18,783 21,484
10th Percentile £325 £276 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £733 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,907 1,587 1,616
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.75 £14.79
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.30 £20.69
Median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.70 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.08 £43.97
% change year-on-year +69.49% -42.97% +0.50%

Security Incident Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Incident Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Security Incident Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Security Incident Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Incident Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Incident Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Security Incident Analyst
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Incident Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 23 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 7 £483 - 18
North West - 6 £483 - 3
UK excluding London - 6 £483 - 13
North of England - 6 £483 - 3
Scotland - 4 £484 - 6
London - 1 £475 - 6

Security Incident Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, Security Incident Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Security Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 6 (85.71%) ITIL
2 6 (85.71%) Performance Metrics
2 6 (85.71%) Service Management
2 6 (85.71%) SIAM
2 6 (85.71%) SLA
3 5 (71.43%) Incident Response
3 5 (71.43%) Major Incident Management
3 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
3 5 (71.43%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
4 1 (14.29%) AWS
4 1 (14.29%) Azure
4 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
4 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 1 (14.29%) GCIA
4 1 (14.29%) GCIH
4 1 (14.29%) GIAC
4 1 (14.29%) HTTP
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM

Security Incident Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (71.43%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 6 (85.71%) ITIL
2 6 (85.71%) Performance Metrics
2 6 (85.71%) Service Management
2 6 (85.71%) SIAM
3 5 (71.43%) Incident Response
3 5 (71.43%) Major Incident Management
3 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
3 5 (71.43%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) SIEM
4 1 (14.29%) SOAR
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
4 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C
1 1 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (14.29%) Objective-C
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
2 1 (14.29%) GCIA
2 1 (14.29%) GCIH
2 1 (14.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) NCSC
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory